CNIL guidance on data deletion and retention

In July 2020, the CNIL (DPA for France) published guidelines on data retention (Guide pratique – Les durées de conservation). https://www.cnil.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/guide_durees_de_conservation.pdf

These reflect early CNIL recommendations from 11-Oct-2005 on the archiving of personal data.
They aim to provide practical help to define the data retention rules and periods.
Similar to DIN-66398 (German industry standard on data retention/deletion) they don’t include guidance on specific data categories. https://din-66398.de/

However, CNIL does define data retention periods in separate dcouments (“Référentiel”). Up to now, two such Référentiels have been published for the health sector: